"God is a concept by which we measure our pain." So begins John Lennon's remarkable song "God," which mostly consists of a litany that sounds like it came out of modern church service, except that the content is a list of things he doesn't believe in, which includes bo...

I brought some of the Yes And Puppets and about a thousand Milagro Pins to the Super Saturday UCC congregational programming enrichment event. I've been active in the UCC for most of my life (this is my 5th decade for those keeping score at home) and so I've been to te...

I am pleased that The Church of Yes And was able to participate in the Ghost Light Project as well as the Pussy Hat Project and the Women's March. (See photo.) The Yes And Puppets did not actually march, but they did agree to model some hats. Some of the hats were mail...

In his most recent blog post Andover Newton Theological School President Martin Copenhaver evokes that possibility.

In my conversations with other presidents and deans it is clear they can easily relate to the challenges we face. They know it is a sad time in important...

I'm just about through my "50 Butterflies in 50 Days" Easter season challenge.  I have not completed fifty butterflies yet, but I have several completed or well in process and have collected the raw materials for at least half of the fifty. I do want to blog about my e...

It has taken me a while to fully embrace my attraction to the trash I find strewn along the streets. It started because of my dog, and his shaky understanding of what constitutes something good to eat. In spite of his dependable, healthy diet, his instinct is to const...

 On Holy Thursday of 2016 I installed fourteen original artworks as a "Stations of the Cross" at various public spaces in my hometown. On Easter Sunday morning I visited the final station, laid aside the piece of broken glass over the broken beer bottle that represent...

For this season of Easter I have challenged myself to create works of art featuring fifty found butterflies over fifty days. The moment I committed to this challenge, I started to see butterflies everywhere. A few hundred feet from my home I spotted this butterfly in...

A butterfly is an ancient symbol of resurrection in the Christian tradition.  The Butterfly Effect is the idea that something quite small and seemingly unimportant, such as a butterfly flapping its wings, can lead to a cascade of events that eventually have huge...